Post by Azalea on Jan 16, 2014 21:40:49 GMT -5
Well, I think that this is my first rant on here. I'm going to cover a helluva a lot of topics though. XD
First off, why the fuck is no one going for any ranks in the freaking pack? I mean, you've got to be kidding me with this fucking shit. We have Head Scout and Head Hunter wiiiide open for grabs, people just have to freaking roleplay to get it! Grant it, Head Warrior's already chosen, despite the fact that Orfeo's character left but that's due to a plot point that's happening. Why the HECK is no one trying to go for these ranks? It's not like you have any responsibility with them, not to mention it's pretty damn cool to have your character have some power in the pack. Grant it, you don't personally get a position of power on the site but still!
Not one person has even bothered to join these ranks, or express an interest in joining these ranks. Since we've now changed everything over to where you have to work for you ranks in roleplay, this should just flat out make things more fun and interesting. Why, might you ask? Well guess what, you can earn these ranks and your characters actually say 'Oh, yeah, I did this and I got made Head ____ for it. How's that for impressive?!" I mean seriously, it's not that hard. Hell, if someone were to step you to a high enough degree, Angus might even name an Alpha Female! (Doubtful but still. Just saying.)
Oh, and not to mention you could easily challenge people for ranks they already hold. How people are not thinking of this when they have a rank they want but don't have, I don't know. I mean, really. All you have to do is go out and call them out on what they've done and haven't done as a character, in roleplay of course. Then, if your character has done things more admirably, then you will easily get the position. Sometimes, if you've got a strong enough character, you'll be able to do it without a fight. If you're equal, well, then there will be a duel called to see who can do better. If you're less than them...well, you better have a different character lined up that's more powerful or your character will be laughed off.
Then, I don't think people are understanding what exactly it means for everything to be done in roleplay means. It means that you have to call them in RP, you have to build character relationships in RP, you should be gaining power, fame, and prestige in character. I mean hell, that's how you're proving yourself for your ranks. Not to mention it provides for more interesting plot lines and character development. We WANT conflict between characters you guys, good and bad conflict! This provides for interesting roleplay for everyone.
Another thing along these lines, your character better be doing their mother-fucking job in RP. If your character isn't doing their goddamn job, this is grounds for someone to challenge you. Or this is also grounds for my character to flat out remove yours from your position! I mean fuck, that should be common knowledge that this can happen in a pack- I just haven't demonstrated it yet. Clearly, I should be demonstrating it if it's going to be rare for someone to do it.
I mean, think about it people. Angus? Half the time he's either going to the pack house to do something, he's talking to a pack member about something pack related, or he's doing paperwork. As Alpha, this is LITERALLY his job. For a Healer? Start some freaking roleplays in the Infirmary! That place should not be empty when the largest rank we have is freaking healers! Hell, I'm about ready to start something if someone else doesn't! Jeez, and I have enough RP's to stay on top of. I can't tell you how many I dropped when school came back around.
Next thing on my list, why the heck are some people taking things in RP so seriously? Are you kidding me? What happens between characters has nothing to do with how the person feels about you! I'm serious here. If you have a character that's being mauled up by another character, that doesn't mean that roleplayer is angry at you. All that means is that they want to have an interesting plot with you. Roleplaying thrives off of conflict. That's all that it lives for. You can't have a truly interesting roleplay with people just going 'Hi." "Hi." "How are you?" "Good, you?" No! That is not fun! That is babble and just nothing! lol
Grant it, that is a hell of a lot better than Chatplay, but still. Don't you want to have those crazy roleplays where your character is actually doing something amazing? Where they'd challenging some powerful rogue (Grant it, for legitimacy for things such as trying to get ranks- another person must be roleplaying said rogue. Just blah. lol) or meeting up with some strange warrior from another pack or something? That right there is conflict, both good and bad. Don't downplay it and be afraid of it because you're afraid of hurting someone's feelings! If their feelings are hurt, they're taking things too seriously. I encourage anyone on here that's doing this to please stop.
As a person that will roleplay drama after drama and just have my characters flat out cuss out other people and say the most horrible shit, do horrible things, and still come out laughing like it was nothing- I'm telling you all that I mean nothing by it. I've had people in the past ask me if I literally hate them based on how my character feels. No, I don't. That's my CHARACTER. He's not real. We're separate.
Third thing on my list of attacks tonight, something that every single person on here should be doing but rarely does. Tell me or another mod when your done with a roleplay! I've only had maybe two people come up and do this for me without me prompting them to? If you're freaking done with a roleplay, we put that in the archives so it doesn't clog up space with the active roleplays. I'm soon going to open up an uncompleted section for roleplays that were never finished that people just want to keep around.
We do NOT want this crap clogging everything up so when a person wants to go looking for something, it doesn't take forever to find it. We have three pages worth of stuff, and we only have about...15-20 active roleplays going on? I feel like I'm overshooting with that number honestly. We should not have that many roleplays up there if we don't freaking have people posting on them.
So, I want every single person reading this to PRIVATE MESSAGE me the titles of all these roleplays that you're finished with. I want to move them this weekend. Free up some space and make everything look nicer, alright?!
I'm pretty sure I had more...but I have homework, so I'm going to stop for now. lol First rant on this site. Lovely. I feel offensive.
First off, why the fuck is no one going for any ranks in the freaking pack? I mean, you've got to be kidding me with this fucking shit. We have Head Scout and Head Hunter wiiiide open for grabs, people just have to freaking roleplay to get it! Grant it, Head Warrior's already chosen, despite the fact that Orfeo's character left but that's due to a plot point that's happening. Why the HECK is no one trying to go for these ranks? It's not like you have any responsibility with them, not to mention it's pretty damn cool to have your character have some power in the pack. Grant it, you don't personally get a position of power on the site but still!
Not one person has even bothered to join these ranks, or express an interest in joining these ranks. Since we've now changed everything over to where you have to work for you ranks in roleplay, this should just flat out make things more fun and interesting. Why, might you ask? Well guess what, you can earn these ranks and your characters actually say 'Oh, yeah, I did this and I got made Head ____ for it. How's that for impressive?!" I mean seriously, it's not that hard. Hell, if someone were to step you to a high enough degree, Angus might even name an Alpha Female! (Doubtful but still. Just saying.)
Oh, and not to mention you could easily challenge people for ranks they already hold. How people are not thinking of this when they have a rank they want but don't have, I don't know. I mean, really. All you have to do is go out and call them out on what they've done and haven't done as a character, in roleplay of course. Then, if your character has done things more admirably, then you will easily get the position. Sometimes, if you've got a strong enough character, you'll be able to do it without a fight. If you're equal, well, then there will be a duel called to see who can do better. If you're less than them...well, you better have a different character lined up that's more powerful or your character will be laughed off.
Then, I don't think people are understanding what exactly it means for everything to be done in roleplay means. It means that you have to call them in RP, you have to build character relationships in RP, you should be gaining power, fame, and prestige in character. I mean hell, that's how you're proving yourself for your ranks. Not to mention it provides for more interesting plot lines and character development. We WANT conflict between characters you guys, good and bad conflict! This provides for interesting roleplay for everyone.
Another thing along these lines, your character better be doing their mother-fucking job in RP. If your character isn't doing their goddamn job, this is grounds for someone to challenge you. Or this is also grounds for my character to flat out remove yours from your position! I mean fuck, that should be common knowledge that this can happen in a pack- I just haven't demonstrated it yet. Clearly, I should be demonstrating it if it's going to be rare for someone to do it.
I mean, think about it people. Angus? Half the time he's either going to the pack house to do something, he's talking to a pack member about something pack related, or he's doing paperwork. As Alpha, this is LITERALLY his job. For a Healer? Start some freaking roleplays in the Infirmary! That place should not be empty when the largest rank we have is freaking healers! Hell, I'm about ready to start something if someone else doesn't! Jeez, and I have enough RP's to stay on top of. I can't tell you how many I dropped when school came back around.
Next thing on my list, why the heck are some people taking things in RP so seriously? Are you kidding me? What happens between characters has nothing to do with how the person feels about you! I'm serious here. If you have a character that's being mauled up by another character, that doesn't mean that roleplayer is angry at you. All that means is that they want to have an interesting plot with you. Roleplaying thrives off of conflict. That's all that it lives for. You can't have a truly interesting roleplay with people just going 'Hi." "Hi." "How are you?" "Good, you?" No! That is not fun! That is babble and just nothing! lol
Grant it, that is a hell of a lot better than Chatplay, but still. Don't you want to have those crazy roleplays where your character is actually doing something amazing? Where they'd challenging some powerful rogue (Grant it, for legitimacy for things such as trying to get ranks- another person must be roleplaying said rogue. Just blah. lol) or meeting up with some strange warrior from another pack or something? That right there is conflict, both good and bad. Don't downplay it and be afraid of it because you're afraid of hurting someone's feelings! If their feelings are hurt, they're taking things too seriously. I encourage anyone on here that's doing this to please stop.
As a person that will roleplay drama after drama and just have my characters flat out cuss out other people and say the most horrible shit, do horrible things, and still come out laughing like it was nothing- I'm telling you all that I mean nothing by it. I've had people in the past ask me if I literally hate them based on how my character feels. No, I don't. That's my CHARACTER. He's not real. We're separate.
Third thing on my list of attacks tonight, something that every single person on here should be doing but rarely does. Tell me or another mod when your done with a roleplay! I've only had maybe two people come up and do this for me without me prompting them to? If you're freaking done with a roleplay, we put that in the archives so it doesn't clog up space with the active roleplays. I'm soon going to open up an uncompleted section for roleplays that were never finished that people just want to keep around.
We do NOT want this crap clogging everything up so when a person wants to go looking for something, it doesn't take forever to find it. We have three pages worth of stuff, and we only have about...15-20 active roleplays going on? I feel like I'm overshooting with that number honestly. We should not have that many roleplays up there if we don't freaking have people posting on them.
So, I want every single person reading this to PRIVATE MESSAGE me the titles of all these roleplays that you're finished with. I want to move them this weekend. Free up some space and make everything look nicer, alright?!
I'm pretty sure I had more...but I have homework, so I'm going to stop for now. lol First rant on this site. Lovely. I feel offensive.